Boniface Hiltprand

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Bonifatius Hiltprand († May 5, 1689 in Gotteszell ) was abbot of the Gotteszell Monastery .

Life

Bonifaz Hiltprand was originally professed at Aldersbach Abbey , later prior and in 1658 abbot in Gotteszell. With his private fortune, he contributed to the economic recovery of the monastery, which burned down in 1641, and set up a study seminar for the theological training of novices.

He translated the annals of the Spanish scholar Ángel Manrique into German. The first volume appeared in Regensburg in 1739, the second in 1740.

Works

  • Annales Cistercienses P. Angeli Manriquez de Burgos, or Cistercian order annals from 1093 to 1212. Regenspurg: Memmel, (1739 and 1740)

literature

  • Clemens Alois Baader: The learned Baiern, Volume A – K, Nuremberg and Sulzbach, 1804, Sp. 506–507
personal data
SURNAME Hiltprand, Boniface
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of the Gotteszell Monastery
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1689
Place of death Gotteszell